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Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 19:00:42 -0400
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Stephen's Secure Blog #335
These stories about Stephen began was when he was 10 years old, and
moving to a new part of the country to attend a special school for
gifted students, in the 1950's. This was from a time before computers
would fit on a desk, and when people communicated with friends in other
countries by actual letters sent through the postal service. He wrote
225 of them to a friend. He stopped writing to his penpal, but found he
still wanted to record his life, in case he lost his memory again, and
wrote 30 entries in his first logbook. Then he wrote to an artificial
intelligence called Geenee, in the master computer in his school for
gifted students, which he started attending in 2016. Now it's after
2018, and he's continuing to save his memories in a secure blog.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
The stories may not be posted in chronological order.
Stephen is 17 in this story, in the Fall of year 8 of his special
school.
Stephen's Secure Blog #335 "The Museum in Beijing"
START Page
I made a pavilion for guests at the Beijing museum site. A crowd had
started to form a large audience. Early in the morning, I ported my
guests in. They were the President and his assistant, the PM of Tibet,
and his assistant, and the Dalai Lama, and his assistant, and some
guards. I said to all, "You might have noticed that this is not the
warmest of days, but in my pavilion, it is warm. It will always be, and
clean, as long as it exists. Also, it will have the feelings of peace
and love in it. When we are finished today, I should remove it, because
if I don't, it would be torn down for examination, and nothing unusual
will be discovered. That is why I can't give China as much as China and
I would like it to have." The President nodded sadly. I said "And
because of that, I can't make this museum as I usually do, so it will
take much longer, because I have to do it step by step to show you that
it is made in an ordinary way. Still, my construction methods, due to
my ability to move things with my mind, do allow for some possibly
interesting differences. Unfortunately, I must build the outside first,
which would prevent you from seeing what I do inside of it. To correct
that issue, I will cast a camera visible image over the building, which
will show the inside as I work on it. Well, I can't help noticing all
the cameras here, and they even brought people with them." Some
chuckles.
I said "This pavilion has an extra feature. Here are some food
makers. Put your hand on this sensor, and tell it what you want, and it
will appear inside the box. It will make almost anything of food and
drink, but not intoxicants. If you want the best for your health, tell
it that, and it will scan you, and recommend what is best for you. I
would love to give this to the world, but with people smashing them to
try to find out how they work, and stealing them to control others, and
causing massive unemployment in many industries, I can't do that." We
looked at each other with sadness.
I said "So, I begin. I will be using a very fast curing concrete.
Here is a sample, and the formula. For reinforcement, I will be using
rods of an alloy of titanium. Here is a sample and the formula. Now I
do the foundation space. Part of that process compacts the earth.
People should settle down, not the buildings they are in. Here is the
basement slab of basalt. It is drilled through from edge to edge for
placement of the tensioned reinforcement rods, which I am inserting
now. Then I pump in fast setting epoxy resin, and using nuts and plate
washers, I tension the rods all at once, to avoid unequal stress such
as you experience in most government offices." Surprised laughter.
I said "You will note that there are still unused holes. Here are the
outside walls of basalt. They are being positioned against the base, so
that they extend well below it. The holes line up with those in the
base. Some mortar between the stones, and then more tension rods and
epoxy through them to the assembly. You notice that the walls have many
holes and spaces, and are shaped strangely. Well, it's not strange to
me. You will see why, as we go along. Now I'm dropping the assembly
into the hole in the ground. The connections for utilities align with
some of the holes. Now I start the picture projection. Some of you with
cameras can document more through the window and door holes, if you
want to. I see you really do!" Some chuckles.
I said "Now the stainless steel internal structure. You see the
horizontal beams fit into shelves and openings cut into the stone
outside walls, and are secured from the outside with more tension rods.
The vertical beams also have prepared areas where they fit into. Now I
will build stairs and floors. They are of a very rigid fiber reinforced
plastic. Here is a sample and formula. Acts as thermal insulation, too.
Now the utility runs, using your usual materials. Installation of
equipment, which I have duplicated from your other museums. Now to make
the molds, and the reinforcing rod grid. Now I'm pouring the fiber and
ash filled concrete for the floors. Now I'm smoothing the surface.
Curing time is one half hour. One reason for that, is its formula, and
that the air temperature and humidity are adjusted to optimum
specifications, and that I am working very fast. Here are the specs for
it. Now to frame the roof, in a high pitch design to shed snow. Again,
I'm using steel beams, and plastic rafters. Then the first layer on
top, which is of plastic sheeting 4cm thick, epoxied together. I have
already made the thin cement slabs for the roof. Here is a sample.
Already placed pins on the underside, secure it to the plastic layer
under them, joining with neighbor slabs with fast drying mortar. They
are shaped to a design that is similar to what is traditional in Tibet.
Then a layer of soft waterproof plastic. Over that goes a roof of
copper, shaped to fit, and then stainless steel gutters and drain
pipes. Now the lightening rods. Note that the eaves are ventilated."
I said "You might have noticed that the outer walls have little holes
in them that do not go all the way through. They are for the tile
anchors, which will go in the holes. First I place yellow marble blocks
and slabs to surround the foundation in and over the ground, including
steps to the entrance. All with fast drying mortar and metal
reinforcement. Then I apply mortar to the outside of the walls, one
level at a time, and to the back of the thin white marble tiles, and
place them all around the building, for the first run of them. Here is
a sample of the anchor straps. I force them into the holes in the
walls, and they connect to the next level of tiles, in the matching
groves in the edges and in the mortar. Then I do the next level, and
keep doing that, and with anchors, until I reach the top, with red
marble trim around the window openings and such other places. That will
take a few minutes. Yes, I can see the other side perfectly well. No,
my eyes are perfectly normal, although my future wife thinks they are a
little nicer than that." Some chuckles. I said "No, I'm NOT going to
tell you how she views the other parts of me." Laughter. I said "Or how
often." More laughter. I said "Oh, oh! I'm in mental contact with her.
She's going to have some interesting things to say to me, when I next
see her." A lot of laughter. I said "Hey, a little sympathy wouldn't
hurt!" More laughter. I shook my head in mock despair.
The President said, "I noticed that when you shook your head, your
mentally controlled moving objects didn't move in relation to it." I
said "True, just as you can move one arm without moving the other. In
how I am doing this, I am working in a mental frame which is the
project area. Everything moves in relation to it, and not to me or
anything else. If they were connected to me in reality, when I lift
something very heavy, I would be crushed flat. Hard to work that way."
He chuckled, and said, "I'm trying to understand a little." I nodded to
him, and said, "Good luck!" Some laughter.
I said "Now to the inside walls and ceilings. Framing first. Then
utilities in them. Then insulation. Now the windows. What looks like
glass, isn't. I use quartz crystal. Easier for me to work with than
glass, and safer and longer lasting. The skylights in the roof are also
made of that. The light guides from them will fit into holes in the
ceiling of the first floor display area. Now for the display cases,
using much thicker quartz fronts. Anything which can break them will
probably have trouble getting into the building. Thick hardened
stainless steel frames and walls, and lockable doors in the side, and
in some, in the back. Now the ceiling and more utilities. Now the
marble floor. I'm using tiles in colored patterns. If you want to know
why, it's because I feel like it." Some chuckles. I said "Fast drying
mortar. Now the first layer of the inside wall covering. Now the
marble. Now the basement rooms and equipment. Now all the extra little
touches, including the doors and the signs. You notice I didn't put in
many roof and floor interior support posts. Well, they aren't needed,
with this particular construction method and span. And I wanted to be
able to work fast enough so that we would be finished in time for
lunch. Anybody want some food and drink? Come and get it!" I made for
me some fried rice and tea. Most of the others did use the food
machines, and liked what they had.
When we finished eating, I said, "Now we have to decide when the
museum will be open and staffed. I won't put anything in it, if it
isn't guarded." The President said, "The staff are all here. You can
give them the keys and the written instructions." I did that. I said "I
asked for things of Tibet, for this museum. They have loaned us some
very nice things. I think we will change some of them every year. Oh,
and I will be keeping a light watch on this. If anything bad happens,
well, I think none of you would want to be the one who causes it!" Some
laughter.
We went inside. They looked around. There were a lot of wows. Then
Lhamo said to me, "I like very much how you show the miniatures of your
wonders. The photograph of the Monasteries where they are, on the wall
above them is a very good idea, and so is the description." I said
"Thank you. The President requested the miniatures, but I wanted more
of Tibet to be with them." He nodded, and said, "I notice that those
cases, and the case for your dragon, do not have doors." I said "Being
that the contents are of precious materials, and that I do not plan to
change those things, I felt that there wasn't a need for anybody to get
inside the cases but me, so I could make them more secure. And there is
room for more, if I make more. I think some might not be opposed to
that." Some big grins beamed at me.
The President said "I like the benches here. Good idea. How will the
school be without your dragon?" I said "They still have it, a copy, but
with something other than a pearl with it. Here is a smaller example of
the hollow stone sphere I put in its place." I gave it to him. It was
like the center stone in the cross I gave the Pope, but carved into a
little kitten. At his look, I said, "It is a synthetic gemstone
material that isn't found in nature. I think the pearl, being natural,
is MUCH more valuable! Oh, I see you would like to keep that. Fine, but
I would be very disappointed if your people ruined it, in their
investigation. Here is the chemical formula, and the process. I doubt
your people will be able to duplicate it, but the effort might teach
them some useful things along the way. One more thing. If it is
damaged, there might be less things of me in the future. I would like
us to remain friends." He bowed and thanked me.
Two men came up to me and introduced themselves. An architect and an
engineer. The engineer said, "Your pretensioning roods. They are used
in bridges and large buildings, but I have not seen them used in small
buildings." I grinned, and said, "Now you have." He looked a little
irritated. The PM almost choked, trying not to laugh. I said "There is
more pretensioning in the frame, but not as obvious. Even in a Richter
9 earthquake, my building will not collapse. I will NOT allow what I
make to harm people." He looked very thoughtful. The architect looked
supportive of me. I said "Because I design and make it all myself, I
can make it so each part of the building works well with each other
part, so the whole is better than the parts would ordinarily make it
so. For example, the basalt I chose is VERY tough. More than any other
rock, and I doubt that others could have drilled such long and precise
tensioning rod holes. The plastic composite I used in place of where
most would use wood, is of my own invention, specifically for this
building. So are much of the other things in it. Why? Because I can,
and I always like to do my best."
The architect was trying not to laugh. The engineer noticed that, and
walked away. I said to the one who remained, "Those in his occupation
are well known for their lack of people skills." He laughed, and so did
some others nearby. He said "I love your design sense. Not just art,
but very usable." I said "I try. Most lean toward one or the other.
Frank Lloyd Wright's homes often had leaking roofs, and he considered
that normal and acceptable for his designs. To me, that's
unacceptable." He nodded
Lhamo said "You place people first, and you make your art in their
buildings to please them, more than to please you." I bowed to him. He
said to the architect, "I just moved into the new home he created for
me. That one there. It has made such a difference in my life, I don't
know how to say it in words." The PM said "I must agree. The new
government building has helped my staff and I to work better and more
enjoyably, which we truly did not expect." I said "I've seen that. Who
needs much light, with it reflecting off of all those big smiles?" He
laughed, and said, "While he jokes, it is true. I see your interest. If
you would like to visit us, you are very welcome to." Lhamo said "We
are still a part of China, and value that. Please be welcome, all who
come to visit in peace." We all bowed to each other.
I said "I could have done more and better here, but my methods don't
work well with regulations and building codes. I could have made the
building, and almost all in it, of entirely one piece, which I have
done in Tibet, but it couldn't be inspected for compliance and safety,
even though it would be more safe, actually." The architect said, "I
had assumed that. I can almost understand how frustrating that must be
to you." I said to my group, "I think, when we return to Tibet, we will
have a guest with us, and that some of us are going to enjoy very much
showing him around." There were a lot of big smiles.
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